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SAHPRA on Ivermectin; Gauteng Health Department vaccine plan
3 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health, 3 February 2021
On 27 January 2021, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) approved the use of Ivermectin for humans under a controlled compassionate use programme. SAHPRA briefed the Committee on this and on the status of various Covid-19 vaccines.
Members questioned the ...
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Covid-19 Update and Vaccine Plan: Eastern & Western Cape
13 Jan 2021
Video: PC Health
The Portfolio Committee on Health met on a virtual platform for a briefing by the Health MECs and Heads of Departments of Health in the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape on the progress that the provinces were making in coping with the Covid-19 pandemic and in ...
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Health Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
2 Dec 2020
Tabled Committee Reports
Video: PC Health, 2 December
The Portfolio Committee on Health held a virtual meeting to consider and adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) in its final meeting of the year before Parliament rises.
It considered an additional recommendation that was not included in the report. ...
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Minister of Health on Forced Sterilisation of Women living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa
25 Nov 2020
Video: Joint Meeting: Portfolio Committee on Health and Portfolio Committee on Women... 25 November 2020
Investigative Report of the Commission for Gender Equality on Forced Sterilisation of Women living with HIV and Aids
Question NW2655 to the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
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Department of Health 2019/20 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
18 Nov 2020
Video: Joint Meeting: Portfolio Committee on Health and Select Committee on Health and Social Services
The National Department of Health presented its 2019/20 Annual Report to a joint virtual meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Health and the Select Committee on Health and Social Services, and reported that ...
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National and Provincial Departments of Health and Entities Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
11 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health
In a virtual meeting, the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2019/20 audit outcomes of the health portfolio. The audit outcomes were outstanding for the CCOD and SAHPRA. The outcomes of the other departments in the portfolio were as follows:
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NHI Bill submissions: Update on procurement of external service provider to process comments; Provincial NHI Public Hearings Report
4 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health (National Assembly) 04 Nov 2020
13 Oct 2020 National Health Insurance (NHI) public participation: way forward
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed on how the procurement of an external service provider for the processing of the National Health Insurance (NHI) submissions was going. ...
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National Health Amendment Bill: Department of Health response
21 Oct 2020
The Department of Health presented its review of the National Health Amendment Bill, a Private Member’s Bill, sponsored by MP, Dr Suzan Thembekwayo (EFF). The proposed bill aimed to amend the National Health Act (No 61 of 2003) to ensure that public sector clinics are available 24 hours a day. ...
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Notifiable Medical Conditions Amended Regulations: Minister's briefing
13 Oct 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on health - Urgent briefing by the Minister of Health, 13 October 2020
In an extraordinary and urgent sitting called by the Minister and his team, the Portfolio Committee was briefed on proposed amendments to the Regulations of the National Health Act. There were five key changes ...
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National Health Insurance (NHI) public participation: way forward
13 Oct 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health 13 Oct 2020
More than 64 000 written submissions were received on the National Health Insurance Bill after the call for comments in August 2019. There had been an agreement by the Committee in the previous meeting that an external service provider should sort and analyse ...